FRESHFARM’s FoodPrints is a food and nutrition education program that makes positive changes in what children and families eat through hands-on experience growing, harvesting, cooking, and eating nutritious, local, and seasonal foods. All students in Pre-K3 through 5th grade participate in FoodPrints once a month all year.
The program meets Common Core, Next Generation Science, Environmental Literacy, and DCPS/OSSE Health standards — nourishing minds and bodies alike.
Lessons by Grade
- Pre-K & Kindergarten: hands-on experience planting, harvesting, chopping, and tasting fresh foods.
- 1st Grade: parts of plants, scientific observational drawing, seed dissection, composting/worm bins.
- 2nd Grade: how plants grow, scientific drawing and labeling, decomposition/soil, world cuisine.
- 3rd Grade: food choices that support body/planet health, charting growth over time, predictions.
- 4th Grade: the garden ecosystem (soil, compost, germination, photosynthesis, pollination), companion planting, building models.
- 5th Grade: food history and family traditions, math in the kitchen and garden, independent cooking skills.
Volunteer
FoodPrints relies on parent volunteers for each class — think of it as a field trip that doesn’t require leaving the school, and just a few hours of your time. Ask your classroom teacher for the FoodPrints schedule to sign up.